Saturday, September 28, 2024 | 10am–1pm
ADMISSION: Free with Museum admission; advance registration recommended. Youth 18 and under are always free.
Join us for a Shabbat filled with art and play for the whole family as we get ready to welcome Rosh Hashanah, the Jewish New Year, and the Jewish month of Tishrai. Dance along to music with Isaac Zones and Nathaniel Markman of SHAMATi in the rainbow-filled Yud Gallery, make Rosh Hashanah wishes for the new year with vegetable and fruit prints, and celebrate the release of What Jewish Looks Like, a new children’s book, at a conversation with co-authors Liz Kleinrock and Caroline Kusin Pritchard. You can also meet friends from Tawonga Family School, and get to know Olamim, a learning community for Latinx Jewish families and individuals who hold a wide diversity of identities. Plus, enjoy a candy apple bar, guided interactive experience of the California Jewish Open with CJM educators, and more sweet surprises! Open to all ages and backgrounds.
Click below to book your tickets. Admission for youth 18 and under is always free.
Art making: Make New Year Wishes prints with fruits and veggies
Apple tasting and candy apple bar
Visit with Laura's Apples from Sebastopol
Explore the California Jewish Open with gallery guides!
Music with Isaac Zones and Nathaniel Markman of SHAMATi
What Jewish Looks Like author talk and book signing
Explore the California Jewish Open with gallery guides!
Workshop: Paint a Looted Artwork (recommended for ages 16+)
Nathaniel Markman is a string instrumentalist, singer, and songleader who cherishes the sounds of people singing together and enjoys helping families find the perfect blend of live music for major life cycle events. He is the music director for the Bay Area Jewgrass band Shamati. In a previous life, Markman was a touring fiddle player and recording artist with bands such as Edward Sharpe and the Magnetic Zeros, The Wildbirds, Moshav Band, and Craig Taubman.
Isaac Zones is an Oakland-based musician specializing in Jewish, spiritual, folk and family music. He teaches music classes, leads prayer services, officiates lifecycle events, and is a song leader for community events, weddings and other celebrations. Zones learned to play guitar at Camp Tawonga, where he has been on staff almost every summer since 2001. In addition to solo projects, he collaborates with the many talented musicians in the Bay Area. In 2015, Zones and Melita Silberstein created the album My Roots Go Down, which won a Parents’ Choice award across all genres of music. Zones also plays bigger shows with the energetic Jewgrass party band SHAMATi.
Liz Kleinrock is an author, anti-bias anti-racist educator, consultant, and facilitator for schools, organizations, and companies across the country. A transracial adoptee, Liz was born in South Korea and grew up in Washington, D.C. She is the author of Start Here, Start Now: A Guide to Antibias and Antiracist Work in Your School Community and Come and Join Us! 18 Holidays Celebrated All Year Long, illustrated by Chaaya Prabhat. Liz’s Ted talk “Education Everywhere” has over 2 million views and she has been named one of Top 100 Influential Jews 2022 and 2023 by The Tel Aviv Institute. She resides in Washington, D.C. and advocates for a more equitable world through her work with Teach and Transform. You can learn more about her work at lizkleinrock.com.
Caroline Kusin Pritchard grew up as the youngest of four children in Dallas, Texas, and spent her childhood sneaking extra helpings of noodle kugel from her bubbe’s kitchen. She moved to California for college and has spent her career working across education, everything from teaching brilliant third graders to helping develop federal policy. Pritchard has her MFA in writing for children and young adults from Vermont College of Fine Arts. She is the author of Gitty and Kvetch, a Tablet Magazine Best Jewish Picture Book of 2021, and Where Is Poppy? Caroline lives in Oakton, Virginia, with her husband (Tavita), four kiddos (Afi, Manu, Leone, and Tala) and their 120-pound dog (Misha).
Major support for Public Programs is generously provided by Grants for the Arts and Taube Philanthropies